List of biogeographic provinces
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The following list of biogeographic provinces was developed by Miklos Udvardy in 1975.
Contents
Afrotropical Realm
- Tropical humid forests
- Tropical dry or deciduous forests (incl. Monsoon forests) or woodlands
- Evergreen sclerophyllous forests, scrubs or woodlands
- Warm deserts and semideserts
- Mixed mountain and highland systems with complex zonation
- Mixed island systems
- Lake systems
- Lake Rudolph
- Lake Ukerewe (Victoria)
- Lake Tanganyika
- Lake Malawi (Nyassa)
Antarctic Realm
- Tundra communities and barren Antarctic desert
- Subtropical and temperate rain forests or woodlands
Australian Realm
- Tropical humid forests
- Subtropical and temperate rain forests or woodlands
- Tropical dry or deciduous forests (incl. Monsoon forests) or woodlands
- Northern Coastal
- Evergreen sclerophyllous forests, scrubs or woodlands
- Western Sclerophyll
- Eastern Sclerophyll
- Brigalow
- Warm deserts and semideserts
- Western Mulga
- Central Desert
- Southern Mulga/Saltbush
- Tropical grasslands and savannas
- Northern Savanna
- Northern Grasslands
- Temperate grasslands
- Eastern Grasslands and Savannas
Indomalayan Realm
- Tropical humid forests
- Tropical dry or deciduous forests (incl. Monsoon forests) or woodlands
- Warm deserts and semideserts
- Mixed island systems
Nearctic Realm
- Temperate needle-leaf forests or woodlands
- Temperate broad-leaf forests or woodlands, and subpolar deciduous thickets
- Evergreen sclerophyllous forests, scrubs or woodlands
- Warm deserts and semideserts
- Cold-winter (continental) deserts and semideserts
- Tundra communities and barren Arctic desert
- Aleutian Islands
- Alaskan Tundra
- Canadian Tundra
- Arctic Archipelago
- Greenland Tundra
- Arctic Desert and Icecap
- Temperate grasslands
- Grasslands
- Mixed mountain and highland systems with complex zonation
- Lake systems
Neotropical Realm
- Tropical humid forests
- Campechean
- Panamanian
- Colombian Coastal
- Guayanan
- Amazonian
- Madeiran
- Serra do Mar (Bahian coast)
- Subtropical and temperate rain forests or woodlands
- Brazilian Rainforest (Brazilian Deciduous Forest)
- Brazilian Planalto (Brazilian Araucaria Forest)
- Valdivian Forest (Chilean Temperate Rain Forest)
- Chilean Nothofagus
- Tropical dry or deciduous forests (incl. Monsoon forests) or woodlands
- Everglades
- Sinaloan
- Guerreran
- Yucatecan (Yucatán)
- Central American (Carib-Pacific)
- Venezuelan Dry Forest
- Venezuelan Deciduous Forest
- Ecuadoran Dry Forest
- Caatinga
- Gran Chaco
- Temperate broad-leaf forests or woodlands, and subpolar deciduous thickets
- Evergreen sclerophyllous forests, scrubs or woodlands
- Warm deserts and semideserts
- Pacific Desert (Peruvian and Atacama Desert)
- Monte (Argentinian Thorn-scrub)
- Cold-winter (continental) deserts and semideserts
- Tropical grasslands and savannas
- Los Llanos, Venezuela
- Campos Limpos (Guyana highlands)
- Babacu
- Campos Cerrados (Campos)
- Temperate grasslands
- Argentinian Pampas (Pampas)
- Uruguayan Pampas
- Mixed mountain and highland systems with complex zonation
- Mixed island systems
- Bahamas-Bermudan
- Cuban
- Greater Antillean (Jamaica, Hispaniola and Puerto Rico)
- Lesser Antillean
- Revilla Gigedo Island
- Cocos Island
- Galapagos Islands
- Fernando de Noronja Island
- South Trindade Island
- Lake systems
Oceanian Realm
- Mixed island systems
Palearctic Realm
- Subtropical and temperate rain forests or woodlands
- Chinese Subtropical Forest
- Japanese Evergreen Forest (Japanese Subtropical Forest)
- Temperate needle-leaf forests or woodlands
- Temperate broad-leaf forests or woodlands, and subpolar deciduous thickets
- Icelandic
- Subarctic Birchwoods
- Kamchatkan
- British Isles (British and Irish Forest)
- Atlantic (West European Forest)
- Boreonemoral (Baltic Lowland)
- Middle European Forest (East European Mixed Forest)
- Pannonian (Danubian Steppe)
- West Anatolian
- Manchu-Japanese Mixed Forest
- Oriental Deciduous Forest
- Evergreen sclerophyllous forests, scrubs or woodlands
- Warm deserts and semideserts
- Sahara
- Arabian Desert (Arabia)
- Anatolian-Iranian Desert (Turkish-Iranian Scrub-steppe)
- Cold-winter (continental) deserts and semideserts
- Turanian (Kazakh Desert Scrub-steppe)
- Talka-Makan-Gobi Deserrt
- Tibetan
- Iranian Desert
- Tundra communities and barren Arctic desert
- Arctic Desert
- Higharctic Tundra
- Lowarctic Tundra
- Temperate grasslands
- Atlas Steppe (Atlas Highlands)
- Pontian Steppe (Ukraine-Kazakh Steppe)
- Mongolian-Manchurian Steppe (Gobi-Manchurian Steppe)
- Mixed mountain and highland systems with complex zonation
- Scottish Highlands
- Central European Highlands
- Balkan Highlands
- Caucaso-Iranian Highlands (Caucasus and Kurdistan-Iran Highlands)
- Altai Highlands
- Pamir-Tian Shan Highlands
- Hindu Kush Highlands
- Himalayan Highlands
- Szechwan Highlands
- Mixed island systems
- Lake systems
References
- Dassman, Raymond (1976). "Biogeographical Provinces". CoEvolution Quarterly, Number 11, Fall 1976.
- Udvardy, M. D. F. (1975). A classification of the biogeographical provinces of the world. IUCN Occasional Paper no. 18. Morges, Switzerland: IUCN.
- Udvardy, Miklos D. F. (1975) "World Biogeographical Provinces" (Map). The CoEvolution Quarterly, Sausalito, California.
